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OpenText Project and Portfolio Management pros and cons

Vendor: OpenText
3.9 out of 5

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PROS

OpenText Project and Portfolio Management provides trusted and readily available data, crucial for tool success.
Its portfolio and resource management features are highly comprehensive and valued among customers.
The workflow engine in Micro Focus PPM offers significant flexibility, allowing for complex workflow creation and process modeling.
Customization from an admin perspective is straightforward, with enhancements anticipated in future versions.
OpenText Project and Portfolio Management's integrated modules offer detailed management across portfolios, projects, and financials, along with efficient automated resource calculations.

CONS

Reporting in OpenText Project and Portfolio Management is limited and often requires external platforms like Tableau and QlikView.
Portfolio scenarios are powerful but limited to analyses, restricting project approval capabilities.
OpenText Project and Portfolio Management can be inflexible and lacks features, requiring additional requests for deployment.
OpenText Project and Portfolio Management faces issues with stability, sometimes requiring interventions beyond partner vendors.
The database dependency on Oracle is seen as a negative, with suggestions to move away from it for improvement.
 

OpenText Project and Portfolio Management Pros review quotes

it_user568059 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager at a maritime company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 8, 2016
It gives a more organized approach for managing the projects and helps us since many things can be automated using this tool, which were previously done manually.
it_user648759 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Information Systems at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 18, 2017
Time Management Resource Management Project Management
AM
Sr. Technical Consultant at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 24, 2017
The data provided by PPM is trusted and is available almost immediately; without trusted data there is very less scope of any tool to be successful.
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it_user671394 - PeerSpot reviewer
Resource manager
Jun 7, 2017
The portfolio management and the resource management are the key features.
JH
Board of Directors; Treasurer at a marketing services firm
May 28, 2017
Customer service and technical support are excellent and great at helping us when needed.
it_user674328 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
May 29, 2017
Demand, project, and time management parts are most valuable.
it_user677724 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager / Consultant / Global presales at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jun 4, 2017
Resource management: The resource management module is very complete and covers most of the time all needs of customers.
it_user704010 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT PMO at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Jul 17, 2017
Demand, project and time management parts of the tool are the most valuable.
it_user704016 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant
Jul 17, 2017
Demand Management and reporting are the most valuable features.
it_user704031 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director Benelux at a tech services company
Jul 17, 2017
Recent Program Management lifecycle, Program Management aggregation views due to interactive UI (selection of risks, issues, and changes in Program Overview) and “flash look & feel" of this functional chunk, which is different in comparison to other parts of HPE PPM.
 

OpenText Project and Portfolio Management Cons review quotes

it_user568059 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager at a maritime company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 8, 2016
Features such as the chargeback mechanism as well as managing various partners and cloud service providers needs to be improved.
it_user648759 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Information Systems at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 18, 2017
The product releases after 9.3 have many bugs in the Resource Management module.
AM
Sr. Technical Consultant at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 24, 2017
Reporting; need to be able to provide fancy reporting out of PPM, way it is done in OBIEE etc.
Learn what your peers think about OpenText Project and Portfolio Management. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2026.
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it_user671394 - PeerSpot reviewer
Resource manager
Jun 7, 2017
I was not involved in the initial setup. I know that the project involved a lot of consulting that took a long time.
JH
Board of Directors; Treasurer at a marketing services firm
May 28, 2017
Security could be increased.
it_user674328 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
May 29, 2017
Program Management can be more functional to provide better program management.
it_user677724 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager / Consultant / Global presales at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jun 4, 2017
Portfolio scenarios: This is a very powerful feature. However, it’s limited to analyses.
it_user704010 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT PMO at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Jul 17, 2017
Budget management could be provided. Reports could be enriched.
it_user704016 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant
Jul 17, 2017
The HPE PPM license prices are a bit high. HPE PPM does not support agile management.
it_user704031 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director Benelux at a tech services company
Jul 17, 2017
Currently, HPE PPM does not allow “Project” approval, but only simple “Demand Request” approval (mobility).